Effects of the floodplain on river discharge into Lake Tana (Ethiopia)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 699-710

  Dessie, Mekete ^a,b   Verhoest, Niko E C ^b   Admasu, Teshager ^a,b   Pauwels, Valentijn R N ^c   Poesen, Jean ^d   Adgo, Enyew ^a   Deckers, Jozef ^d   Nyssen, Jan ^b  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catchment; Hydrological buffering; Lacustrine plain; Runoff

Indexed keywords

RUNOFF;

ETHIOPIA; FLOOD PLAINS; HYDROLOGICAL BUFFERING; LACUSTRINE PLAIN; LAKE TANA; RIVER DISCHARGE;

CATCHMENTS;

BUFFERING; CATCHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; TERTIARY; WATER BUDGET;

ETHIOPIA; GUMARA RIVER; LAKE TANA;

EID: 84906739337     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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